ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

McDOWALL, John

McDOWALL, John

Full Name: John

McDOWALL

Date of Birth: 11

–

1884

Place of birth: Newcastle NSW

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Cutter

Address: Bunbury WA

Next of Kin: Father- Robert McDowall, Mother- Elizabeth McDowall

Next of Kin Address: Wellington Mills WA

Religion: Athiest

Service Number: 339

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-03-06

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, FRANCE

Age at Death: 31

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France – No Known Grave

6/03/1915- To No. 10 Depot Company as Private
16/04/1915- To 28th Battalion ” B” Company
4/09/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
10/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros Lemnos ex Gallipoli
21/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
29/07/1916- Reported  MISSING  IN  ACTION  France
29/07/1916- Reported  KILLED  IN  ACTION  Pozieres, France ( Court of Enqiry 4/01/1917 ).

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star No. 22818

British War Medal No. 13868

Victory Medal No. 13809

Memorial Plaque/Scroll No. 313928.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Dardanup War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT Panel No. 113

Villers-Brettoneux Memorial France.